Romeo And Juliet Women Research Paper

Liberating Women Throughout history, women have been oppressed and controlled by men. Societal pressures and stereotypes are evident in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Women have been expected to abandon their rights and freedom in order to conform to the expectations of their families and societies. As centuries pass, women begin to realize their importance and hunger for equality amongst their communities. Although societies begin a conquest for equality, underlying standards that they are expected to follow still exists. In order to have the most efficient society, the pressures and standards of the past must be discarded for both genders must be equal. Women were expected to conform to the societal standards and/or the expectations of their positions. Women were taught to be submissive and obedient …show more content…
Woman could not be successful like men; they were taught to work on domestic skills rather than leadership. Women often stayed at home to take care of the children while men worked to provide, there were few jobs that were offered to women. Jobs were clearly defined during that era, women and men had specific jobs that they could work; both genders couldn’t work in the same profession as they could in modern times. Women were married off young, in order to ensure the family gains land or wealth; they were submissive and listened to their husbands diligently. Juliet’s mother expected her to have children; her expectations displays how women were more valuable as wives and mothers rather than intelligent humans who had voices that needed to be heard. “Younger than you here in Verona, ladies of esteem are made already mothers.” (I, iii, 75-76) Lady Capulet tells Juliet of younger girls who have already become mothers, trying to ease her into a marriage with Paris. Girls should be able to enjoy their youth rather than worrying about marriage and